The Takeshita Cabinet is the 74th Cabinet of Japan headed by Noboru Takeshita from November 6, 1987, to June 3, 1989.
Cabinet PortfolioMinisterSpecial mission etc.NotePrime MinisterNoboru Takeshita Deputy Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa Resigned on December 9, 1988Due to the Recruit scandalMinister of JusticeYukio Hayashida Minister for Foreign AffairsSōsuke Uno Minister of FinanceKiichi Miyazawa Resigned on December 9, 1988Noboru Takeshita Concurrently serving as Prime Minister Appointed on December 9, 1988Resigned on December 24, 1988Tatsuo Murayama Appointed on December 24, 1988Minister of EducationGentarō Nakajima National Diet Library Liaison and Coordination Committee member Minister of HealthTakao Fujimoto In charge of Pension issues Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesTakashi Satō Minister of International Trade and IndustryHajime Tamura Minister of TransportShintaro Ishihara In charge of New Tokyo International Airport issues Minister of PostsMasaaki Nakayama Minister of LaborTarō Nakamura Minister of ConstructionIhei Ochi for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition Minister of Home AffairsChair of the National Public Safety CommissionSeiroku Kajiyama Chief Cabinet SecretaryKeizō Obuchi Director of the Management and Coordination AgencyOsamu Takatori Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development AgencyDirector of the Okinawa Regional Development AgencyShigeru Kasuya Director of the Defense AgencyTsutomu Kawara Resigned on August 24, 1988Due to the JDS Nadashio maritime incidentKichirō Tazawa Appointed on August 24, 1988Director of the Economic Planning AgencyEiichi Nakao Director of the Science and Technology AgencySoichiro Ito Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission Director of the Environment AgencyToshio Horiuchi Director of the National Land AgencySeisuke Okuno In charge of Land Measures Resigned on May 13, 1988Hideo Utsumi Appointed on May 13, 1988 Deputy Chief Cabinet SecretaryIchirō Ozawa for Political AffairsNobuo Ishihara for General AffairsPrevious office:Administrative Vice-Minister of Home AffairsDirector-General of the Cabinet Legislation BureauOsamu Mimura Previous office:Chief of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors OfficeSource:
Reshuffled Cabinet
The Cabinet reshuffle took place on December 27, 1988.
PortfolioMinisterSpecial mission etc.NotePrime MinisterNoboru Takeshita Minister of JusticeTakashi Hasegawa Resigned on December 30, 1988Resigned after it was discovered that he had received political donations from Recruit (company).Masami Takatsuji Appointed on December 30, 1988Non-legislatorPrevious office: National Public Safety Commission memberMinister for Foreign AffairsSōsuke Uno Minister of FinanceTatsuo Murayama Minister of EducationTakeo Nishioka National Diet Library Liaison and Coordination Committee member Minister of HealthJunichiro Koizumi In charge of Pension issues Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesTsutomu Hata Minister of International Trade and IndustryHiroshi Mitsuzuka Minister of TransportShinji Sato In charge of New Tokyo International Airport issues Minister of PostsSeiichi Kataoka Minister of LaborHyōsuke Niwa Minister of ConstructionHikosaburo Okonogi Resigned on June 2, 1989Noboru Takeshita ActingConcurrently serving as Prime Minister Appointed on June 2, 1989Minister of Home AffairsChair of the National Public Safety CommissionShigenobu Sakano Chief Cabinet SecretaryKeizō Obuchi Director of the Management and Coordination AgencySaburō Kanemaru Director of the Hokkaido Regional Development AgencyDirector of the Okinawa Regional Development AgencyChikao Sakamoto Director of the Defense AgencyKichirō Tazawa Director of the Economic Planning AgencyKen Harada Resigned on January 25, 1989Kōichirō Aino Appointed on January 25, 1989Director of the Science and Technology AgencyMoichi Miyazaki Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission Director of the Environment AgencyMasahisa Aoki Director of the National Land AgencyHideo Utsumi In charge of Land Measuresfor the International Garden and Greenery Exposition Deputy Chief Cabinet SecretaryIchirō Ozawa for Political AffairsNobuo Ishihara for General AffairsPrevious office:Administrative Vice-Minister of Home AffairsDirector-General of the Cabinet Legislation BureauOsamu Mimura Previous office:Chief of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors OfficeSource:
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